Steven Gerrard is also set to make his 30th derby appearance on Saturday.

40

Everton have won 40 derbies at Goodison Park against Liverpool in all competitions, drawing 29.

With the Reds poised on 39 away wins, victory on Saturday will draw them level with EFC on 40.

38

38 penalties have been awarded in Merseyside derbies in total, 24 to the Reds and 14 to the Blues.

Liverpool scored 18 of theirs and Everton converted 10.

LFC's record spot scorers are Dirk Kuyt and Phil Neal, who have both taken four derby penalties and each scored three.

For EFC, David Unsworth is the man from 12 yards with two penalties and two goals.

27

LFC and EFC have won 27 league titles between them, making Liverpool the most successful league-winning city in England.

Manchester United and City have 23 titles between them, and London has 19 from Arsenal, Chelsea and Spurs.

26

There have been 26 red cards in derby history - nine for the Reds and 17 for the Blues.

25

Ian Rush scored 25 goals in Merseyside derbies. He holds the Reds record and is the highest overall derby day scorer, although Dixie Dean takes top honours for most goals scored in league derbies - 18 to Rush's 13.

Beardsley and David Johnson are the only players to score for both teams, and Gary Ablett has the honour of winning the FA Cup with each club.

11

The ball found the net 11 times in the highest scoring derby match ever, back in 1932/33 when Liverpool won 7–4 at Anfield.

11

There have been 11 hat-tricks in Merseyside derby history, seven Red, four Blue - two each for Ian Rush and Dixie Dean.

The last was from Steven Gerrard in a 3-0 victory at Anfield in March 2012.

Steven Gerrard tucks away the match ball after a hat-trick against Everton

The first ever was by Alex 'Sandy' Young who fired four in a 5-2 victory for Everton at Goodison Park in April 1904.

11

EFC's longest unbeaten run of derby games in all competitions was 11, from September 27 1902 to March 29 1907.

8

Howard Kendall and Harry Catterick share the record for most derby wins as Everton boss, with eight apiece.

Catterick's successes came in 25 derbies, Kendall's in 31 over three spells in charge.

Everton Manager Harry Catterick welcomes his new signing Howard Kendall to Goodison in March 1967

8

Steven Gerrard is the leading Merseyside derby scorer of players currently representing either club, with eight goals in 29 derbies.

5

The record for goals from overseas players in the Merseyside derby is shared by Tim Cahill and Dirk Kuyt, who have five each.

Tim Cahill celebrates a Merseyside derby goal

4

Four current Blues have Merseyside derby goals to their name - Sylvain Distin, Nikica Jelavic, Leon Osman and Steven Naismith.

3

Luis Suarez has scored three goals against Everton in four Merseyside derby appearances, twice at Goodison Park and once at Wembley.

Luis Suarez celebrates at Goodison Park

1

Don Welsh presided over just one derby in charge of the Reds and won it, making him the only manager of either club with a 100% derby record.

But Welsh also has the dubious honour of taking Liverpool down from the top flight in 1954 as Everton passed them on the way up, promoted from the Second Division.

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This is Roberto Martinez's first derby as manager of Everton. Blues bosses have a decent recent record in their first games against Liverpool:

David Moyes oversaw a 0-0 draw at Anfield in 2002

Walter Smith also took charge for a 0-0 stalemate in his derby debut, at Goodison Park in 1998

Howard Kendall's Blues won 2-0 at home in 1997 in the first derby of the EFC legend's most recent spell in charge

And Joe Royle also enjoyed a 2-0 win in his first derby, at Goodison Park in 1994

(You could also count caretaker boss Dave Watson who oversaw a 1-1 draw in 1997 before Kendall took charge again)

0

The only previous occasion the Reds and Blues have met on 23 November was in 1986...when the sides drew 0-0 in a Goodison Park stalemate.

Despite the scoreline, the match report from The Times told of an exciting encounter:

"Not even the gods could diminish the quality of the 135th Merseyside derby. The local gales, wild enough to transform the mouth of the nearby river into a sea of white horses and strong enough to unnerve all the drivers of high-sided vehicles in the area, merely refreshed it."